This article or subsection has an associated category.	1969

timeline
years:	1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 (stardates from 1969.0[1], or reference stardate -1/69[2])
decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
centuries:	19th century - 20th century - 21st century

1969 was, on Earth's calendar, the 70th year of the 20th century, and the tenth and final year of the 1960s decade. Although this was a time period before Human formulation of stardates, this era begins with stardate 1969.0^[1] or reference stardate -1/69.^[2]

Events[]

• Henry Starling introduces the first isograted circuit.^[3]
• Construction begins on the Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco.^[4]
• Paul Dirac's tenure ends as Lucasian Chair at Cambridge University.^[4]
• The Irish Republican Army is formed.^[4]
• Wayne Perry and his friends depart the Sol system.^[5]

January

• Richard Nixon is inaugurated as the 37th President of the United States of America.^[4]

March

• Ursula K. Le Guin's novel The Left Hand of Darkness is published.^[4]

July

• USS Enterprise travels back in time and arrives in Earth's atmosphere after being caught in a slingshot effect generated by an encounter with the Black Star in the year 2267.^[6][7]

20 July (reference stardate -1/6907.20)

• Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first Humans to walk upon the surface of Earth's moon, Luna.^{[8][9][10][11][12][13][7]}

15 August

• Maury Ginsberg almost misses the Woodstock music festival in New York on Earth. After hitching a ride with a person later revealed to be Quinn, a member of the Q Continuum, Ginsberg notices and fixes a disconnected cable. If he had not been driven to the festival and found the disconnect, Woodstock might have been a failure.^[14]

• Gary Seven meets Jimi Hendrix in the backstage at Woodstock.^[15]

People[]

Births and deaths[]

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2 February

• Boris Karloff dies.^[4]

28 March

• Dwight D. Eisenhower dies.^[4]

31 August

• Rocky Marciano dies.^[4]

Appendices[]

References and notes[]

Stories[]

Title	Series	Date	Media	Notes	Image
Assignment: Earth Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow	The Original Series	July 1969	comic	takes place concurrently with "Tomorrow is Yesterday", beginning moments before the episode.
Tomorrow is Yesterday (past)	The Original Series	July 1969	episode
Strange New Worlds III The Aliens Are Coming!	The Original Series	July 1969	short story/eBook
From History's Shadow Chapters 35-26	The Original Series	10 July 1969	novel
Assignment: Eternity Chapters 1 & 22	The Original Series	19-20 July 1969	novel

Releases[]

This article or subsection has an associated category.	1969 productions and publications

• "Target: Zargot" is released in Joe 90: Top Secret Annual.
• The omnibus Star Trek Annual 1969 is released.
• Star Trek trading card set based on "What Are Little Girls Made Of?" is released by A&BC.

January[]

3 January

• "Whom Gods Destroy" is first aired.

10 January

• "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield" is first aired.

17 January

• "The Mark of Gideon" is first aired.

18 January

• The first installment of "Life Form Nonexistent" is released.

24 January

• "That Which Survives" is first aired.

25 January

• The second installment of "Life Form Nonexistent" is released.

31 January

• "The Lights of Zetar" is first aired.

February[]

1 February

• The third installment of "Life Form Nonexistent" is released.

8 February

• The fourth installment of "Life Form Nonexistent" is released.

14 February

• "Requiem for Methuselah" is first aired.

15 February

• The fifth installment of "Life Form Nonexistent" is released.

21 February

• "The Way to Eden" is first aired.

22 February

• The sixth installment of "Life Form Nonexistent" is released.

28 February

• "The Cloud Minders" is first aired.

March[]

1 March

• The first installment of "The Crucial Element" is released.

7 March

• "The Savage Curtain" is first aired.

8 March

• The second installment of "The Crucial Element" is released.

14 March

• "All Our Yesterdays" is first aired.

15 March

• The third installment of "The Crucial Element" is released.

22 March

• The fourth installment of "The Crucial Element" is released.

29 March

• The first installment of "Beware the Beast" is released.

April[]

• TOS novelization anthology: Star Trek 3, by James Blish is released.

4 April

• "Spectre of the Gun" is aired as a repeat.

5 April

• The second installment of "Beware the Beast" is released.

12 April

• The third installment of "Beware the Beast" is released.

19 April

• The fourth installment of "Beware the Beast" is released.

26 April

• The first installment of "The Third Party" is released.

May[]

3 May

• The second installment of "The Third Party" is released.

10 May

• The third installment of "The Third Party" is released.

17 May

• The fourth installment of "The Third Party" is released.

24 May

• The first installment of the "The Children of Stai" is released.

31 May

• The second installment of "The Children of Stai" is released.

June[]

• Gold Key TOS comic #4: "The Peril of Planet Quick Change".

3 June

• "Turnabout Intruder", the final episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, is first aired.

7 June

• The third installment of "The Children of Stai" is released.

10 June

• "Is There in Truth No Beauty?" is aired as a repeat.

14 June

• The fourth installment of "The Children of Stai" is released.

17 June

• "Day of the Dove" is aired as a repeat.

21 June

• The first installment of "Skin Deep" is released.

24 June

• "Wink of an Eye" is aired as a repeat.

28 June

• The second installment of "Skin Deep" is released.

July[]

1 July

• "The Savage Curtain" is aired as a repeat.

5 July

• The third installment of "Skin Deep" is released.

8 July

• "Spock's Brain" is aired as a repeat.

12 July

• The fourth installment of "Skin Deep" is released.

19 July

• The fifth installment of "Skin Deep" is released.

26 July

• The sixth installment of "Skin Deep" is released.

29 July

• "That Which Survives" is aired as a repeat.

August[]

2 August

• The seventh installment of "Skin Deep" is released.

5 August

• "All Our Yesterdays" is aired as a repeat.

9 August

• The eighth installment of "Skin Deep" is released.

12 August

• "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield" is aired as a repeat.

16 August

• The first installment of "The Eagles Have Landed" is released.

19 August

• "The Tholian Web" is aired as a repeat.

23 August

• The second installment of "The Eagles Have Landed" is released.

26 August

• "The Lights of Zetar" is aired as a repeat.

30 August

• The third installment of "The Eagles Have Landed" is released.

September[]

• Gold Key TOS comic #5: "The Ghost Planet".

2 September

• "Requiem for Methuselah" is aired as a repeat, ending the run of Star Trek: The Original Series.

6 September

• The fourth installment of "The Eagles Have Landed" is released.

27 September

• The first installment of "Spectre of the Zond" is released.

October[]

4 October

• The second installment of "Spectre of the Zond" is released.

11 October

• The third installment of "Spectre of the Zond" is released.

18 October

• The fourth installment of "Spectre of the Zond" is released.

25 October

• The fifth installment of the "Spectre of the Zond" is released.

November[]

1 November

• The sixth installment of "Spectre of the Zond" is released.

8 November

• The first installment of "Nor Any Drop to Drink" is released.

15 November

• The second installment of "Nor Any Drop to Drink" is released.

22 November

• The third installment of "Nor Any Drop to Drink" is released.

29 November

• The fourth installment of "Nor Any Drop to Drink" is released.

December[]

• Gold Key TOS comic #6: "When Planets Collide".
  • Think fast Mr. Spock! A freak impulsion is creating galactic disaster!

6 December

• The fifth installment of "Nor Any Drop to Drink" is released.

13 December

• The first installment of "Menace of the Moloth" is released.

20 December

• The second installment of "Menace of the Moloth" is released.

27 December

• The third installment of "Menace of the Moloth" is released.

External links[]

• 1969 article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• 1969 (production) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• 1969 article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.